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We need to talk to children about porn | Justin Hancock
Porn is now so easily accessible online, and so prevalent, that it is understandable that parents, teachers and policymakers are worried. What we aren't teaching about sex and relationships (at home or school) is brought into sharp focus when we think about what young people might be learning from porn.But what do we actually know about what young people are seeing, at what age? What can we ...
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Plantwatch The battle for the ancient British bluebell woods
A great blue wave has spread across the country in one of our greatest natural spectacles, as carpets of bluebells have come into flower. But the bluebells were some four or five weeks later this spring than last year, and the cold spring made their appearance more patchy than usual. Britain has around half the world's population of bluebells, and they are also a truly national plant, ...
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Britains paradise has been lost – but theres still hope for our wildlife | Chris Packham
I never imagined being 52. As I grew up catching lizards and newts, rummaging through hedges to find birds' nests, or prodding flattened hedgehogs with my scuffed Clarks lace-ups, the world was ripe with natural riches. Every scrap of wasteland revealed yet more gems: tadpoles, fox cubs and a confetti of butterflies. And when at the weekends the family Ford Anglia trundled off to the ...
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Suffragette Emily Davison The woman who would not be silenced
She has been described as the most misunderstood woman of the 20th century. For the ruling establishment of post-Edwardian Britain she was undoubtedly one of the most ...
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Andy McSmiths Diary The Professor’s backing Bayern Munich to beat Borussia Dortmund
Andy McSmith is a senior reporter at The Independent. He has vast experience in political journalism and has also appeared on documentaries for BBC Radio ...
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Tory minister will be left holding the baby – but don’t tell Vince Cable
While legislation to encourage fathers to take a bigger share in the care of very young children is being prepared, the youngest Tory minister in the relevant department is going to practise what the government preaches by taking two months' paternity ...
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Men arrested after RAF jet is scrambled to escort Pakistan Airlines passenger plane to London Stansted Airport
Two men have been arrested at Stansted today after a passenger plane heading to Manchester airport was diverted to Stansted by an RAF Typhoon jet following reports of threats on ...
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Woolwich murder Muslims pray for soldier Lee Rigbys family – and for peace
In a converted pub on the Old Kent Road in south-east London afternoon, a few dozen Nigerian Muslims gathered for their usual Friday ...
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Woolwich suspect was victim of frenzied knife attack aged 16
London street witnessed a murder and was himself stabbed in a frenzied knife attack five years ago, the Guardian has learned.Michael Adebowale, who was pictured holding a blade minutes after the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich on Wednesday, had been caught up in an earlier fatal incident in January 2008 when he was 16.One person was murdered in the bloody episode, having been ...
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Legal aid cuts what price justice | Zoe Williams
Chris Grayling wants to strip 220m from the legal aid bill by denying defendants a choice of representation. Do we really want to put our legal system in the hands of the lowest ...
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Letters Our use of Hellfire missiles could come back to haunt us
Syria on "our" side and might demand access to the most effective weaponry from the FSA. It is not beyond the bounds of possibility that they would not mind supplying the odd missile or two to their fellow religious fanatics in the UK. It is even said that UK-born jihadists are already fighting in Syria with ...
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Country diary Aberdaron The headland is as ever spacious and bathed in that distinctive western light
The once-quiet fishing cove of Porth Meudwy, west of Aberdaron and embarkation point for Ynys Enlli, is busy these days. Pyramids of lobster pots are piled high round the slipway, new twin-hulled boats drawn up on the pebbles. More working boats circle the bay, hauling their catch. The recently ...
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Granta Why has Britain’s grandest literary magazine begun to lose the plot
Boyd Tonkin is Literary Editor at The Independent. An award-winning journalist, he was formerly Social Policy Editor of the New Statesman and has broadcast extensively for BBC arts and current affairs programmes. He has judged the Booker Prize, the Whitbread biography award, the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the David Cohen Prize for a lifetime's achievement in ...
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British Soldier Hacked To Death Was Our Hero Family Says
As Ian Rigby spoke Friday about his stepson Lee, a British soldier who was murdered on a south London street this week, the young man's widow, Rebecca (right), and his mother, Lyn, reached ...
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UK Bank Holiday weekend weather Sun to set to shine at end of miserable May
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Dale Cregan injured as prison van involved in crash on motorway
Cop killer Dale Cregan is believed to have been injured when his jail van hit another vehicle today - the second incident in eight days.Greater Manchester Police said: "Four prison officers suffered minor injuries. One prisoner was injured."One-eyed Cregan, 29, failed to appear at Preston crown court - but police would not confirm if he was the prisoner hurt.He was en route from a jail ...
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Britain within six hours of running out gas after cold snap and fault drained reserves
Britain came within just six hours of running out gas, it was claimed today. An alarming report by the Crown Estate revealed the country was on the verge of serious disruption in March. ob Hastings, the Estate's energy director, said: "We really had only six hours' worth of gas left in storage as a buffer. "If it had run any lower, it would have meant interruptions to ...
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Woolwich attack Man arrested in malicious Facebook comments probe after soldier murder
A 22-year-old man has been charged on suspicion of making malicious comments on Facebook following the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby. Benjamin Flatters, of Lincoln, was arrested last night after complaints were made to Lincolnshire Police about comments made on Facebook, which were allegedly of a racist or anti-religious nature. He was charged with an offence of malicious communications ...
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Sally Bercow libelled Lord McAlpine on Twitter with innocent face tweet High Court rules
Mrs Bercow said she was "surprised and disappointed" by the ruling, but lawyers for Lord McAlpine said the judgment should serve as a warning that those using the internet were not above the ...
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Punched police horse returns to Newcastle to face EDL protesters and counter-demo
The police horse punched by a football thug will be back on patrol in the city where he was attacked. Bud will be on duty tomorrow at an English Defence League march and a demo by their opponents called Newcastle Unites. A 45-year-old man was arrested and bailed after Bud was hit following Newcastle United's defeat to Sunderland last month. Northumbria Police specifically asked for Bud, ...
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South Lakes Wild Animal Park Zoo keeper mauled by tiger in Cumbria
A zoo-keeper was savaged by a tiger at an animal park today.The 24-year old was seriously injured when the animal mauled her at the South Lakes Wild Animal Park, at Dalton in Furness in Cumbria.Police said members of the public were not at any risk during the incident.The wildlife park closed early and all visitors have left the park.The injured woman was airlifted to the Preston Royal Infirmary ...
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Liverpool magistrates court was centre of six-year penalty points scam
A magistrates court was the centre of a six-year scam to scrub penalty points from driving licences at 100 a time. Between 2004 and 2011, drivers faced with disqualifications paid cash to middle men with forms sent from the court to the DVLA in Swansea illegally requesting convictions be deleted. Allegedly pocketing thousands by running the scheme was David Kelly, on the staff at Liverpool ...
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Woolwich attack live The latest updates on the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby and the aftermath
The Metropolitan Police have released an update on the arrests in connection with Wednesday's attack. They say: "A 29-year-old woman arrested yesterday as part of the investigation into the murder of Lee Rigby was released without charge at this morning."A 31-year old woman was arrested at a residential address in south London at 11:50pm last night on suspicion of conspiracy to ...
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Woolwich attack video Watch full extended footage of terrorists charging at police car in attempt to kill WPC
The film of the terrifying attack shows how suspect Michael Adebolajo got within two feet of the WPC who was driving the armed response BMW ...
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Woolwich soldier Lee Rigby formally identified but cause of death not confirmed by post mortem
Drummer Rigby , 25, from 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, was mown down in a car before being brutally butchered with knives and meat cleavers in front of horrified witnesses in the brazen broad daylight attack.A post-mortem examination was carried out on his body yesterday but no cause of death has been confirmed, Scotland Yard said.An inquest into his death will be opened in due ...
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Edinburgh's tram of indefinite delays
The development of a new tram system for Edinburgh has not been without controversy. Since the project was first proposed as far back as 1999 it took until 2006 for work to actually begin. Since then, there has been one failing after another, with many Edinburgh residents now wondering whether the new tram system will ever see the light of day and, more to the point, whether it is in fact necessary.
Edinburgh had a tram system up until the 1950s and, like many developed cities, it did away with the network in favor of other forms of public transport, mainly buses. Increasingly heavy traffic jams in the capital, however, have prompted city leaders to reconsider and in 2006 two bills went through parliament and were approved. Read more
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